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"Let Us Entertain You!"
Updated August 17, 2010

The next board meeting in 2010 will be Thursday September 9, 2010 and will take place at ACT's home in the Worthington Civic Center, 6:30 PM.

2010 season:

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November 4, 5, & 6, 2010 - Comedy - "Arsenic and Old Lace"

Worthington Civic Center, 7:30 PM (tickets $10/8)

In 1941, New Yorkers were looking for some entertainment to take their minds off of the war in Europe and the growing fear that America would be pulled into it. On January 10, Broadway gave them exactly what they were looking for in the form of a hilarious new play by Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace. The play became an immediate critical and popular success, running for 1,444 performances. It also became a hit in England in 1942 as theatergoers who were suffering through post-blitz London lined up for tickets. In 1944, Hollywood produced a film version staring Cary Grant that became a huge box office success.

The play, a clever combination of the farcical and the macabre, centers on two elderly sisters who are famous in their Brooklyn neighborhood for their numerous acts of charity. Unfortunately, however, their charity includes poisoning lonely old men who come to their home looking for lodging. The two women are assisted in their crimes by their mentally challenged nephew who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and who frequently blasts a bugle and yells ‘‘charge’’ as he bounds up the stairs. Matters get complicated when a second nephew, a theater critic, discovers the murders and a third nephew appears after having just escaped from a mental institution. In his adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem, Kesselring satirizes the charitable impulse as he pokes fun at the conventions of the theater.

Auditions for this play will be held on August 30th & 31st at 7 pm at the theater's workshop located in the Worthington Civic Center, Building B in the basement.  For more information, please call 724-297-3228.

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The theater collects inkjet and laser cartridges from printers and cell phones for recycling.  If you would like to donate your used cartridges/phones, please contact Paul for more info:  (724) 763-3680.

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To Contact Us:

Armstrong Community Theater
P.O. Box 235
Kittanning, PA 16201

Physical Address:
214 East Main Street
Worthington, PA 16262

Phone: (724) 297-3228

Email: info@armstrongcommunitytheater.org